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to stray form the main subject
본 주제에서 옆으로 벗어나다
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Speaking metaphorically, to digress is to leave the main highway in order to travel aimlessly on back roads. When a speaker digresses, he departs from the main topic and tells a story only distantly related to it.
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Such a story is called a digression. Sometimes writer's or speaker's digressions are more interesting than his or her main points.
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After a lengthy digression, the lecturer returned to his speech and bought it to a conclusion.